03761nam 22006614a 450 991046553200332120200520144314.00-19-516000-20-19-534781-197866107040881-280-70408-X(CKB)2560000000300292(EBL)422923(OCoLC)437109476(SSID)ssj0000308805(PQKBManifestationID)11225440(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308805(PQKBWorkID)10260222(PQKB)11284947(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024339(MiAaPQ)EBC422923(Au-PeEL)EBL422923(CaPaEBR)ebr10273308(CaONFJC)MIL70408(EXLCZ)99256000000030029220020614d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSacred rights[electronic resource] the case for contraception and abortion in world religions /edited by Daniel C. MaguireOxford [UK] ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516001-0 0-19-984961-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. ""Each One an Entire World"": A Jewish Perspective on Family Planning; 2. Contraception and Abortion in Roman Catholicism; 3. Contraception and Abortion Within Protestant Christianity; 4. Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam: Undertaking Khilafah; 5. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion: The Hindu View; 6. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Thai Buddhism; 7. Family Planning and Abortion: Cultural Norms Versus Actual Practices in Nigeria8. Reproductive Rites and Wrongs: Lessons from American Indian Religious Traditions, Historical Experience, and Contemporary Life9. Heavenly Way and Humanly Doings: A Consideration of Chinese Man's Body Management During the Late Imperial Period; 10. Excess, Lack, and Harmony: Some Confucian and Taoist Approaches to Family Planning and Population Management-Tradition and the Modern Challenge; 11. Religion, State, and Population Growth; 12. Reproduction and Sexuality in a Changing World: Reaching Consensus; Conclusion; Appendix: Editor's Note on Japanese Buddhism; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; HIJ; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZAs the global population continues to grow, family planning is fast becoming one of the most critical issues facing the planet. While many organizations--most prominently the United Nations--are trying to implement policies that will help curb the population explosion, these measures are frequently blocked by those professing conservative religious beliefs. In many of the world's religions there is a restrictive and pro-natalist view on family planning, and this is one legitimate reading of those religious traditions. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, however, this is not the only legBirth controlReligious aspectsContraceptionReligious aspectsAbortionReligious aspectsElectronic books.Birth controlReligious aspects.ContraceptionReligious aspects.AbortionReligious aspects.291.5/66Maguire Daniel C919535MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465532003321Sacred rights2062405UNINA